From: SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@...>
Date: 2007-02-20T03:42:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Assertions Testing in irb

I meant that #require is in general preferred over #load by
experienced ruby programmers.

On 2/19/07, Bharat Ruparel <bruparel@mercury.com> wrote:
> SonOfLilit wrote:
> > Things that work don't necessarily mean good design.
> >
> > load is rarely used, require is to include libraries or code files,
> > include is to mixin a module and has nothing to do with the previous
> > two.
> >
> > Plug: The RubyMentor project is looking for people to help!
> >
> > http://rubymentor.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?HomePage
>
> Ok, then there has to be "recommended" way to "invoke" the unit testing
> functionality in irb.  I find irb extremely useful in learning ruby.
> Also, I am loading file(s) in irb all the time, so "load is rarely used"
> does not make much sense to me.  perhaps you meant to say that "load" is
> rarely used in a regular script?  Also, I am a bit puzzled over why I
> cannot "load" a ruby built-in fuctionality into irb (such as unit
> testing).  Note that I don't have a particular preference for using load
> versus require.  However, to me, load seems to work better in irb and
> require is what I use in a regular script.
>
> Please comment.
> Thanks.
> Bharat
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